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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Another set of custom gryffindor wand designs. The person I made these designs for opted for the design on the far left. I unfortunately was unable to get photos of the finished wand. But the recipient was very pleased with the final result.

But in the meantime, I've decided (partly out of laziness because I did not have the energy to haul everything out of the garage this holiday season) to make the ornaments for the tree with my daughter this Xmas. I wanted it to be a crafty holiday season. Ellie has taken to arts and crafts like a duck to water. Makes me all sorts of happy to have a kid who loves crayons and paint and glitter as much as I do.

We started out with making salt dough ornaments.

Then we did a few ornament decoration projects we found at local craft stores:

After decorating the tree we decided to have a go at one of those pre made - decorate your own gingerbread house kits.

And the results:

It didn't turn out exactly like the picture on the box. I found it was missing some of the candy pieces and should have had, in my opinion, 2 bags of frosting inside.

And last, but not least . . . the little one's first letter to Santa - as it was dictated to me. The letter is decorated by my 3 year old.